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Four years ago, Democrat Stacey Abrams came within 1.4% of defeating Republican Brian Kemp in a governor's race now viewed as an opening salvo in the fight to turn Georgia blue.

Why it matters: The political winds shaping this fall's highly anticipated rematch between popular incumbent Kemp and Abrams — a fundraising juggernaut with national name recognition — are remarkably different

When I first ran for governor in 2018, I ran on a promise to put hardworking Georgians first – ahead of the status quo and the politically correct. Shortly after I was inaugurated in 2019, I told Georgians I would fight for them every day, whether they voted for me or not.

Nearly four years later, I am proud to say I spent my first term doing exactly that.

Despite pressure and

Democrat Stacey Abrams faces an uphill struggle to defeat Republican Governor Brian Kemp in Georgia as polls show him with a substantial lead over his challenger.

Kemp and Abrams are competing in a rematch of the 2018 gubernatorial election that saw the Republican narrowly defeat his Democratic rival with 50.2 percent of the vote to her 48.8 percent.

A recent Monmouth University

ATLANTA – Georgia taxpayers have begun receiving refunds for the second consecutive year, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. House Bill 162, which the General Assembly passed in March, uses part of Georgia’s revenue surplus of more than $6 billion to pay for a refund of state income taxes from 2021. “Georgia is once again in a position to issue surplus tax refunds thanks to years of responsible